Professional Flight Training Exhibition to take place in Dublin in March
The Professional Flight Training Exhibition is set to take place in The Convention Centre Dublin on Saturday, 22 March. Organisers are expecting to welcome hundreds of young Irish hopefuls to the seventh annual event. Budding aviators will have the opportunity to meet with airline representatives and flight training professionals to explore a career as a commercial pilot. The one-day exhibition is aimed at helping Ireland’s new fleet of pilots to explore future opportunities and to assist them in determining the requirements, career prospects and flight training costs of becoming a highly trained commercial pilot. Experienced flight trainers will be available to provide information and advice about how to become a…
Read MoreSeán Quinn’s son and nephew sentenced to three months in jail
Seán Quinn’s son and nephew sentence to three months in jail Pictured: Seán Quinn snr The son and nephew of businessman Seán Quinn have been sentenced to three months in prison for contempt of court. Justice Elizabeth Dunne made orders today to jail Seán Quinn jnr and Peter Darragh Quinn for trying to hide assets from the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), which was formerly Anglo Irish Bank. The judge said Sean Quinn snr was not being jailed so he would have time to comply with the court orders and to reverse asset stripping measures. Earlier today, a warrant was issued for Peter Darragh Quinn’s arrest when he failed to attend court this morning for sentencing. The judge…
Read MoreCarTrawler Set to Expand Global Footprint with Cabforce Acquisition
Dublin headquartered travel-technology platform CarTrawler is acquiring Finnish technology and services company Cabforce, which is a provider of taxi booking solutions, for an undisclosed amount. With a unified service at over 200 locations in 54 countries Cabforce is “the industry benchmark”, powering millions of business trips each year, according to CarTrawler. “CarTrawler already has the most comprehensive range of car rental available online,” said CarTrawler CEO Mike McGearty. “Now with the addition of Cabforce content and specialist expertise to our existing portfolio of ground transportation products, we will significantly enhance the level of service, product range and availability for customers.” “This acquisition will strengthen CarTrawler as a world leading ground…
Read MoreDarina Allen receives outstanding achievement award at Cork Chamber event
Darina Allen receives outstanding achievement award at Cork Chamber eventGillian Keating, president of Cork Chamber, John Higgins, EY, Darina Allen and Conor Healy, CEO, Cork Chamber Owner of the Ballymaloe Cookery School Darina Allen has received an outstanding achievement award from Cork Chamber for her commitment to promoting Irish food. The teacher, food writer, cookbook author and television presenter was presented with the award at Cork Chamber’s Dublin Dinner, in association with EY, at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel last night, 18 November. Gillian Keating, president of Cork Chamber, said that Allen in her capacity as owner of Ballymaloe Cookery School had put Irish food on the world stage. “She sits…
Read MoreNew initiative launched to support budding food entrepreneurs
Food entrepreneurs and those who feel they could create and run a successful export-orientated food business will be interested in ‘Food Works’, a new comprehensive training and development programme launched today. Bord Bia , Enterprise Ireland and Teagasc have combined resources to design an in-depth process aimed at finding and fostering global food entrepreneurs. Successful participants will be given a range of practical business supports required to develop an initial concept into a winning food product with international appeal. The available supports will include consumer market research, business plan development, technical advice, commercial viability testing in addition to access to incubation units, research and development (R&D) facilities and possible investors. Speaking at…
Read MoreBord Bia Programme Builds Irish Food and Drink’s Green Cred
Bord Bia has this morning launched a national programme designed to help Ireland become a world leader in sustainably produced food and drink.
Read MoreDawn Meats awarded McDonald’s Europe ‘Sustainability Supply Award’
Dawn Meats awarded McDonald’s Europe ‘Sustainability Supply Award’Jose Armario, McDonald’s; Joao Lopes, McDonald’s; Francesca DeBiase, McDonald’s; Richard Clinton, Dawn Meats; Niall Browne, Dawn Meats; Brian Hyland, Dawn Meats; Doug Goare, McDonald’s Europe; and Keith Kenny, McDonald’s Europe Irish company Dawn Meats has been awarded the McDonald’s Europe ‘Sustainable Supply Award’ at the bi-annual McDonald’s Europe Supply Chain Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal. This is awarded to the supplier that has shown outstanding leadership and demonstrable results in making the McDonald’s supply chain more sustainable. Dawn Meats has won a number of sustainability awards in recent years, including in the global Best of Sustainable Supply awards in 2014. Niall Browne, CEO Dawn…
Read MoreNimbus researchers secure €1.5m in EU funding for energy efficient buildings projects
Researchers from the Nimbus Centre at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) have secured €1.5m in EU funding as part of the development of two international projects. The Horizon 2020 projects are in the ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings call for 2015. The first is called ‘Tools for Continuous Building Performance Auditing’ led by Dr Susan Rea and Dr Alan McGibney. The second is ‘Modelling Optimisation of Energy Efficiency in Buildings for Urban Sustainability’ where Dr Christian Beder with Juan Manuel Escaño and Dr Niel Canty will optimise building energy control mechanisms, and implement automatic fault detection and equipment maintenance. A virtual reality environment will be created, allowing building maintenance staff…
Read MoreMajor Food Showcase to Happen as Part of Web Summit
The Food Summit Comes to Dublin Updated: November 11, 2017 Dubbed as ‘the largest food showcase in Ireland,’ the Food Summit has been launched in Dublin restaurant O’Connell’s of Donnybrook. Not only is the Food Summit a local favorite, tourists flock to it as well. Ghee, The New Food Summit Entry One of the most fascinating aspects of this Food Summit is the introduction of ghee, which is a type of clarified butter. What makes this truly unique is that it is heated, reduced, and then triple-filtered and what remains is the pure and healthy fat. The amazing part is that is it both lactose and dairy-free, which is in…
Read MoreIrish food and drinks industry praised for ISO standards
Irish alcohol market in decline — report Certification Europe has praised the Irish food and drinks industry for embracing ISO standards which promote safe, environmentally-friendly food production. The theme for this year’s World Accreditation Day (9 June) is the role that accreditation plays in supporting the provision of safe food and clean drinking water. “The largest costs related to the food and drinks sector are production and energy costs, which means companies are continually researching environmental and energy efficiency cost saving methods,” said Michael Brophy, CEO of Certification Europe. “Initiating ISO certification in these areas offers numerous sustainable environmental benefits for an organisation such as reduced water usage, increased energy…
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